Book Review: “How Infrastructure Works,” By Deb Chachra
Reviewed by Angus Stocking A much longer and more detailed review can be found online at bit.ly/3ThIJmM or by scanning the accompanying QR code. Deb Chachra’s “How Infrastructure Works” is a bestseller released to wide acclaim in late 2023. Adulation by the literary class isn’t necessarily a strong recommendation for infrastructure professionals, but on reading Chachra’s book, I find it’s indeed an information-rich and important contribution to infrastructural theory. And as...
Book Review: “How Infrastructure Works,” By Deb Chachra
Reviewed by Angus Stocking As a land surveyor for 15 years and then an infrastructure writer for 22 years, I have understandably acquired hundreds of books relating to infrastructure. Sometimes purchased for professional reasons, sometimes as gifts from well-meaning loved ones, sometimes coming home with me from conferences, and sometimes sent to me out of the blue by publishers hoping for a review. I love this; I love the substantial infrastructure and geospatial reference library I’ve...
Future Forward: Steel Decarbonization Through the ‘Theory of Change’
Shivakumar Kuppuswamy (Shiva) is the policy and impacts director at ResponsibleSteel. According to Shiva, the primary purpose of ResponsibleSteel is to enhance steel’s contribution in creating a sustainable society through a “theory of change” that includes standard and certification programs widely accepted by the steel industry. Currently representing around 15 percent of the global steel industry, ResponsibleSteel has three categories of membership: business members that include s...
Change Leader: The Engineering Advantages of Being a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE)
This interview was recorded by Todd Danielson, the editorial director of Informed Infrastructure. You can watch a video of the full interview above or by visiting bit.ly/45RjICS . Greg Chismark is president of WBK Engineering; and Yemi Oyewole is board member and practice manager for transportation, WBK Engineering. Based on news announcements and industry proclamations, it seems there’s currently a never-ending supply of engineering and design work, and every firm has...
Change Leader: Do More Than ‘Check a Box’ to Meet Disability Requirements
This interview was recorded by Todd Danielson, the editorial director of Informed Infrastructure. You can watch a video of the full interview above or by visiting bit.ly/3QLUz8F. Mark Raymond Jr. is a disability advocate as well as founder and CEO of Split Second Foundation. Mark Raymond Jr. has spent most of his life advocating for a more-equitable world. He started by raising awareness of systemic racism he saw firsthand and in the communities around him in New...
Future Forward: An Ancient Concrete Technique Could Help Save the Future
This interview was recorded by Todd Danielson, the editorial director of Informed Infrastructure. You can watch a video of the full interview above or by visiting bit.ly/40AC7mK. John Ward is chairman of the American Coal Ash Association’s Government Relations Committee and executive director of the National Coal Transportation Association. If you watch the video associated with this profile, you’ll see that John Ward knows a lot about coal fly ash, a waste product from...
Change Leader: Sustainability Needs to Be Part of Any Infrastructure Project
This interview was recorded by Todd Danielson, the editorial director of Informed Infrastructure. You can watch a video of the full interview above or by visiting bit.ly/461fcmx. Rodrigo Fernandes is the Director of ES(D)G - Empowering Sustainable Development Goals for Bentley Systems. It may be paraphrasing a bit, but Rodrigo Fernandes hopes he’s out of a job within five years. “The ultimate outcome for a chief sustainability officer would be to disappear in a coupl...
Future Forward: Prepare for the Future in the Beginning Design Phase
This particular interview was recorded by Todd Danielson, the editorial director of Informed Infrastructure. You can watch a video of the full interview above or by visiting bit.ly/44LLRLl. Ari Raivetz is the founder and CEO of Transcend. According to Ari Raivetz, many of the problems in our current infrastructure stem from poor designs that had to be made quickly, under deadline, without considering all the uncertainty and change that will inevitably happen. “We’re...
Change Leader: Sustainability Needs to Be the New Normal
This particular interview was recorded by Todd Danielson, the editorial director of Informed Infrastructure. You can watch a video of the full interview above or by visiting bit.ly/3sd2qlM. Jennifer Hara is vice president for JLL’s Clean Energy and Infrastructure Advisory team. Jennifer Hara is a self-proclaimed “infrastructure nerd.” It may have started in her blood, with her father being an elected politician in the state of Washington, but it certainly developed through he...
Future Forward: Key Themes to Build Sustainable Transportation Networks
This particular interview was recorded by Todd Danielson, the editorial director of Informed Infrastructure. You can watch a video of the full interview above or by visiting bit.ly/447Hf1R. Cathy Choi, PhD, is the chief sustainability officer and vice president of engineering at ClearFlame. Backed by a PhD in mechanical engineering and three decades of experience in the energy and transportation sectors, Cathy Choi co-chaired a task force and helped create a report for the En...
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